Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae Bibliography of the genus Elapotinus Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae Genus Elapotinus White-collared Forest Snake Madagascar-Weisskragennatter Hvidkravet Skovsnog 1862 Elapotinus Jan (type species: Elapotinus picteti Jan 1862) 1999 Exallodontophis Cadle (type species: Pararhadinaea albignaci Domergue 1984; syn. Kucharzewski, Raselimanana, Wang & Glaw 2014) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: The origin of the only known species of this genus was considered unknown for more than 150 years, until Kucharzewski, Raselimanana, Wang & Glaw (2014) showed that it was identical with the Madagascar species until then known as Pararhadinaea albignaci or, more recently, Exallodontophis albignaci. Distribution: As for the single species. Elapotinus picteti White-collared Forest Snake Madagascar-Weisskragennatter Hvidkravet Skovsnog 1862 Elapotinus picteti Jan 1984 Pararhadinaea albignaci Domergue (Kucharzewski, Raselimanana, Wang & Glaw 2014) Exallodontophis albignaci Cadle 1999 Distribution: Madagascar.